PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

PROJECT INITIATION
All construction activity is the result of basic
economic demand. Individual consumers have
ongoing needs for homes, stores, roads, manufacturing
plants and similar facilities that provide food, shelter
and other goods and services to meet the needs of
daily life.
Specific construction projects arise because
corporations or government bodies recognize the need
for facilities to serve this demand and act to create
them.
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
Before any serious money is committed, an analysis is usually performed
to examine the proposed investment from several standpoints.
There must be a demand for the specific service or product.
The cost of actual construction must be taken into account. In time of
economic expansion, costs also increase.
The cost of money itself can be a key factor.
The timing of the project can be very important
FINANCING

If the project gets past the first hurdle of

profitability for the investor, the owner must next line
up financial backing for some of the work.
DESIGN OF THE PROJECT
If the owner decides to proceed at this point, he or she typically hires
a design professional. If the owner elects to proceed using a construction
management mode, then he or she now chooses a construction
professional as well.

The four phases of project design

Programming
Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Documents
PROGRAMMING
- a written statement of the requirements of the building.
- it is the basis of the design.
- the program describes the spaces needed, the services required in those
spaces and the relationships of the functions to be performed in the
building.
- costs are also considered at this stage in relationship to the schedule.
- using the information gained at this stage, the owner may choose to
proceed or to cancel the project.
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
- the designer defines the buildings characteristics in a number of ways.
- before schematic design begins, the owner selects a site for the building
- during this stage, the architects design team generates many alternatives
and rejects many before they are developed into materials presented to
the owner.
- when completed, the owner again faced with the decision to proceed
further or to cancel this project.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
- to refine the design and obtain detailed information from the users about
their requirements.
- during this phase, the owner, the architect and (if applicable) the
construction professional finalize the design of the major building systems.
- as in all the other phases of project development, cost estimates are
refigured.
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
At this last stage of design, the architect creates the final working
construction documents used to bid the job for construction and to build
the job in the field. These documents are particularly important because
they represent the work as it will be actually constructed.
If the documents waver from any of these agreed-upon criteria,
problems may ensue during construction that could cost the owner money
and time.
PROCUREMENT
- defined as the overall process of finding and purchasing the materials called
for in the contract and hiring the best subcontractors to build the project.
- hire many subcontractors who will actually erect and assemble the project.
- sometimes, the owner must purchase equipment or materials before a
contractor is hired to do the work. Such materials are known as long-lead
items and are usually purchased early because they take a longer time to
be fabricated than the construction schedule allows for.
CONSTRUCTION
- the main element involved is the task of managing and coordinating the
field operations.
- to accomplish this task, the construction professional must order the
correct materials; ensure an adequate supply of the necessary tools and
equipment; and monitor schedule, cost and quality.
- a parallel task is the contract administration which is the paperwork of the
project that requires more than simple record keeping.
- contract administration is a team effort, involving the construction
manager, the designer and the owner; it often requires meetings and
other forms of communication to deal with problems quickly.
TURNOVER AND STARTUP
- the project must be turned over to the owner for use during the rest of its
economic life.
- this process is never without complications and can often be one of the
more intense stages of creating a project.
- It must also be done in conjunction with the owners employees, who will be
the ultimate operators of the facility.
- changes during construction must be documented. These final documents,
which reflect the actual project are called as-builts.
- the process is often long and tedious as many documents pass back and
forth among the parties.
OPERATION OF THE FACILITY
- the responsibility of the owner and/or the tenant of the building and
usually does not involve either the architect of the construction
professional.
- the period in which the building is put to the use for which it was intended
- This is also the period of greatest expenditure on the project since the total
operating costs for a building are significantly greater than the
construction costs.
DISPOSAL OF THE FACILITY

At the end of its useful life, a project or facility may meet any one of a
number of fates. It may be closed down or simply abandoned. It may be
disassembled or removed. It may also be renovated or overhauled and
thereby brought back to peak operating condition or may be remodeled
and converted to another use.
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